Stitch in time: France to help pay for clothes to be mended to cut waste

People will be able to claim back ?6-?25 of cost of repairing clothes and shoes in latest environmental measureA broken heel, a rip in trousers, buttons missing from a shirt? Don't throw them away if you live in France, where the government will pay a "repair bonus" to have them mended in a new scheme aimed at cutting waste.An estimated 700,000 tonnes of clothing is thrown away in France every year, two-thirds ending up in landfill. Continue reading...